(Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect additional information from a senior defense official.) The Defense Department is developing a $50 billion list of budget "offsets" that can be cut from the unreleased fiscal year 2026 spending request and re-invested in new priorities like Iron Dome for America and border security, exempting more than a dozen areas from the review like collaborative combat aircraft, Virginia-class submarines and one-way autonomous drones. The offsets account for about 8% of...
